Monday, March 25, 2013

More questions to answer and as I don't have a clue what to blog about - I'm sure you don't want to know all the horrible details of the Real Flu I've had for the past week - I'll answer these from Jane Wenham-Jones's blog.

Q. Where were you born and where do you live at the moment?

A. I was born in Kidderminster, the carpet town where unemployment
was then virtually non-existent. I now live in Malvern at the foot of the
famous hills and I love it.

Q. Have you always lived and worked in Britain or are you
based elsewhere at present?

A. I have deep roots and need to be in Worcestershire to feel
comfortable.

Q. Which is your favourite part of Britain?

A. I've been around the whole coastline and reckon the UK is
fantastically beautiful. Devon and Cornwall are lovely but so it most of the
Scottish coastline.Q. Have you ‘highlighted’ or ‘showcased’ any particular part of
Britain in your books? For example, a town or city; a county, a monument or
some well-known place or event?

A. I used Mumbles pier in a story where a rotten husband's ashes
are thrown into the sea but don't quite make it. I often use places I know in
short stories.Q. There is an illusion – or myth if you wish – about British
people that I would like you to discuss. Many see the ‘Brits’ as ‘stiff upper
lip’. Is that correct?

A. I think it used to be but people tend to show their more
caring sides now. And there's all this awful real-life stuff in magazines where
there's no stiff upper lip at all, just a poor me story in lots of cases. My
Gran, a Victorian, would not have approved.

Q. Tell us about one of your recent books

A. Ghostwriting is my latest but there's a new one due out soon.
Handy Hints for Writers. It's a sort of expanded version of my Handy Little
Book for Writers which was only available through NAWG.

Q. What are you currently working on?

A..Too many things for comfort. Trying to update Racing Start as an e-book. It's about
cycle racing and after the Olympics I'm hoping there'll be plenty of interest.
Same with a comic novel that was praised but turned down. Lots of regular
columns to write. Short stories. Articles. And the deadline for a local
magazine, of which I am editor, looms.Q. How do you spend your leisure time?

A. Watching antiques programmes. Watching cycle races. Reading.
Eating chocolate.Q. Do you write for a local audience or a global audience?

A. I'd like to think it was global. My short stories sometimes
are and Writing From Life has sold in many countries.

Q. Can you provide links to your work?

A. Provide links? You're talking to a technophobe. You could go
to my website, I suppose. www.lynnehackles.com

And now, should you choose to accept the challenge, I'm passing these questions on to Teresa Ashby, Susan Jane Jones and Julie Phillips.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

As usual there are questions to be answered and names to be nominated. It seems that everyone I know has already received this award so if there's anyone left out there do feel free to take it. There are some interesting questions:

If you could change one thing, what would it be?I'd have been at the front of the queue when spines were being
given out. Not at the back so that I ended up with a dodgy one.

If you could repeat an age, what would it be?I wouldn't want to repeat any age. I keep trying to live in the
present.

What one thing really scares you?Being locked in anywhere, whether it be a tiny space or Wembley
Stadium.

If you could be someone else for the day, who would it be?

I'm
happy being me but perhaps I'd like to be one of those people who got lost in
the Bermuda Triangle, just for the day so I could come home safely but know
what the hell happens there.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Today
the gas man came to call. He removed our fire because something had fallen down
the chimney and was in distress. It was a starling (I'm almost sure). We
managed to rescue it and put it on a warm blanket. It curled its claw around my
finger and it felt strong. It even tried to take in some water. We did all we
could but in the end it died. I think the horrors of its adventure were too
much for it.

We put it outside in the light. I wish it could have flown away but
at least it died out in the open.

Monday, March 04, 2013

My giggle moment came a couple of days ago. We were driving very slowly,
due to traffic, through the shopping centre and I was telling the LSO how Robin
was going to die next week, killed by his evil clone. That's Batman's Robin in
DC Comics, in case you're wondering. And as I was imparting this interesting
information I saw Superman walk past. Honestly! He was out delivering to shops,
dressed in full Superman kit, underpants over the onesie, and complete with
cloak.

Friday, March 01, 2013

Just as we are selling our house, my story about selling a
house appears in My Weekly. I'm taking that as an omen.

Moving house is supposedly a stressful experience. My take
on that is it's only stressful if you allow it to be. Mind you, it's brought my
memories of an aborted course on Feng Shui to the fore. Of course I need to
clean the mirrors. Dirty mirrors = bad Feng Shui. Fresh flowers are good but
dead ones are bad so my latest hobby is flower sorting. Anything with a brown
edge to a petal has to go. Out of the huge bunch I bought a fortnight ago, three
yellow heads remain from tiny carnations and they're in a titchy vase the size
of a small egg-cup.

The LSO is suffering. 'What do you mean, you're going to the
bathroom?' I shout. ' We've got viewers in five minutes. Don't you dare fart in
there. And make sure you put the seat down.'

Get the picture? Life at home could become slightly frazzled
if I let it. Actually, all these little things are being stored to use in a
short story later. On reading this, before posting it, I realise that the LSO
might feel a tad frazzled. I'll ask him when he gets back. If he comes back…
Maybe he's gone somewhere to break wind in peace.For my new followers - LSO is Long Suffering One, my partner of so many years.

About Me

Why invisible granddaughter? Because I have not yet met my 18 year old granddaughter. This is not a suitable place to go into details but now she is old enough we are in contact. And this blog is for her so that she can join us in our adventures.
Why Sid? That's the name of the motorhome. It's an Elddis which is Siddle spelled backwards hence Sid for short.
Friends complain that their address books are filled with my addresses. I like moving house. Ten years ago I found the perfect solution for this need to be in new places. The Long Suffering One and I bought a motorhome with some of my winnings from being on Deal Or No Deal. Four years later we sold it but we now have another one and are on the move again. In a house I'll wake each morning and ask the LSO, 'What day is it?' Now I can ask, 'What day is it?' And 'Where are we?'